
Our Team
Executive Staff

Yasmeen Hamza
Chief Executive Officer

Alena Victor
Chief Program Officer

Carolyn Antonio
Director, Development

Quiana Stokes Haynes
Director, Finance

Sasha-Ann Frazer
Associate Director, Community Programs

Shan Huang
Associate Director, Special Programs

To Be Announced
Associate Director, Residential Programs

Franchesca Parra
Human Resources Manager

To Be Announced
Manager, Brooklyn Community Office

Reema Sharma
Manager, Community Education and Outreach

Rahnum Tasnuva
Manager, Helpline

Alisha Mohammed
Manager, Legal Program

Kaori Nagao
Manager, Manhattan Community Office

Mary Caparas
Manager, Project Free

Zhong Zhuang
Manager, Queens Community Office

Yu Wu Cao
Manager, Residential Programs

Taykina Chowdhury
Manager, Residential Programs
Board of Directors

Karen Elizaga
Chair
Executive Coach, Forward Options, LLC and Author, Find Your Sweet Spot

Narges M. Kakalia
Vice Chair
Partner, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo, PC

Mika Tsugiyama Bouvard
Treasurer
Former Case Writer, Columbia University, Columbia Business School

Alexander Ong
Secretary
Technology Consultant

Yogesh Bahl
Board Member
Managing Director, AlixPartners

Deborah Chan
Board Member
Attorney, Law Office of Deborah Chan, PC

Zal Dabhoiwala
Ex-Officio Board Member
IT Auditor, Banco do Brasil

Sujata Dayal
Board Member
VP & Global Chief Compliance Officer, Medline Industries

Flora Feng
Board Member
Senior Legal Director, PepsiCo

Merv Garretson
Board Member
Group Creative Director, Hearst

Jenifer Garvey
Board Member

Susanna Hong
Board Member

Mae Hsieh
Board Member
New York University JD/MBA

Ankur Keswani
Ex-Officio Board Member
Senior Managing Director, Serengeti Asset Management

Hoon-Jung Kim
Ex-Officio Board Member
Corporate Counsel, Google Inc.

Joanna Martin
Board Member
Global VP, Communications & Social Media, Kiehl's

Janet Akie Masamitsu
Board Member
Owner/Metalsmith, Janet Sterling Silver Design

Nina Pineda
Board Member
Consumer Reporter, WABC-TV

Cassidy Sehgal-Kolbet
Ex-Officio Board Member
Vice President, Digital and Advertising Law, L'Oreal USA

Niketa Sheth
Ex-Officio Board Member

Eric Su
Board Member
Partner, Crowell & Moring

Kyoko Waseda-Hida
Ex-Officio Board Member
Executive Director, Goldman Sachs

Jarret Yoshida
Board Member
Interior Designer, Jarret Yoshida, Inc.
Young Professionals Board

ChanMi Park
President
Associate Director of Strategy, HS Ad

Pamela Rose
Co-President & Membership Chair
K-12 Educator (Mandarin)

David Chang
Vice President
Research Assistant, Paul Weiss

Ines Iskra
Treasurer
Childcare

Ivy Shen
Donor Relations
Associate Director, Leadership Gifts and Stewardship, Human Rights Watch

Elliott Tran
Marketing & Communications Chair
Graduate Student, Columbia University
Tiffany Baek
YPB Member
Freelance Fashion Stylist
Kayla Chen
YPB Member
Executive Assistant and Board Liaison, PILnet
Maki Ebihara
YPB Member
Tania Goswami
YPB Member
Software Engineer, Compass
Raviraj Gulrajani
YPB Member
Director of Engineering, TremorVideo DSP Inc.
Kara Li
YPB Member
Instructor, Stony Brook University
Erica Lim
YPB Member
Program Manager, the Arcus Foundation
Co-Founder, Sister Diaspora for Liberation
Gabrielle O'Leary
YPB Member
Senior Wealth Strategy Associate, O'Leary Partners, UBS Financial Services Inc.
Alice Tang
YPB Member
Senior Manager of Digital Analytics, Fuse Media
Ling Tran
YPB Member
Software Developer Consultant, ThoughtWorks
Jessica Yang
YPB Member
Associate, Welsh Carson